Truckstop chain tries new dining concept

TravelCenters of America, operator of TA and Petro Stopping Centers, has opened its first branded Mexican fast-food restaurant, Tule Tree Legendary Burritos, at a location in Edinburg.

The Tule — pronounced “too-lee” — Tree concept received its name from the historic Arbor del Tule, a Montezuma Cypress, located in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

The tree has the stoutest trunk of any tree in the world, and is sometimes known as the “Tree of Life” because of the images of animals said to be visible in the tree’s trunk.